Furano Now: Friday 10th January 2014
- Jan 10, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 259cm
Posted on Friday 10th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
If you feel the winter chill when you step from the inside to outdoors you will not be alone. Temperatures today are well into the double negatives, with -12c in the village. There has been a nice little accumulation of 5cm of fresh snow overnight and it is snowing lightly at the moment.
All lifts are operating and the mountain has been extensively groomed.
Judging by the queues for the first lift there wont be many on the mountain for the early morning first tracks.
Operating lifts:
Kitanomine Gondola 9:00am-3:00pm
Kitanomine high speed quad 8:30am-20:00pm
Kitanomine 2 chair 8:45am-3:20pm
Link Lift 9:00am-15:20pm
Furano Ropeway 8:30am-3:20pm
Furano Downhill Swift Lift 1 9:00-8:00pm
Downhill Romance 2 chair 8:45am-3:20pm
Downhill Romance 3 chair 9:00am-3:20pm
Prince Romance 8:30am - 4:00pm
Furano Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Friday 10th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 259cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th and 16th December) November 2013 snowfall 30cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 155cm reported on 13 days January 2014 snowfall 74cm reported on 9 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Furano. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.